Is this just standard legalese or is there a "pod job posting" template going around?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a child development expert and I just got hired by a pod of 4 families. They are paying me $325 per day for a 2.5 hour class. Materials are provided by them. We have a whole written agreement about Covid precautions. There is a definite Covid up charge! These are trying times and the risk has to be worth it!

Exactly. The families posting “competitive” want to pay ~$5-6/hour each.

[Anonymous]

“Competitive pay” is a standard term for many job postings (all of those in my industry, for example, where mid-career pros make $150-200k). It also recognizes that the definition of “competitive” changes over time— as demand for pod teachers increases, prices will increase.

Do what you want with your time but I wouldn’t dismiss those posting “competitive pay” out of hand. Signed, someone who hasn’t hired a pod teacher but did hire a nanny with “competitive pay” four years ago (and have continued to pay competitive rates)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Competitive pay” is a standard term for many job postings (all of those in my industry, for example, where mid-career pros make $150-200k). It also recognizes that the definition of “competitive” changes over time— as demand for pod teachers increases, prices will increase.

Do what you want with your time but I wouldn’t dismiss those posting “competitive pay” out of hand. Signed, someone who hasn’t hired a pod teacher but did hire a nanny with “competitive pay” four years ago (and have continued to pay competitive rates)

But why would you have to wait until "time of hire" to reveal what that "competitive pay" is?
There are typically multiple steps in between "parents place an ad" and "parents hire nanny"--including time consuming in person interviews. Why waste everyone's time if the parents idea of "competitive pay" is $16/hr and the nanny's idea of competitive pay is $30/hr?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Competitive pay” is a standard term for many job postings (all of those in my industry, for example, where mid-career pros make $150-200k). It also recognizes that the definition of “competitive” changes over time— as demand for pod teachers increases, prices will increase.

Do what you want with your time but I wouldn’t dismiss those posting “competitive pay” out of hand. Signed, someone who hasn’t hired a pod teacher but did hire a nanny with “competitive pay” four years ago (and have continued to pay competitive rates)

But why would you have to wait until "time of hire" to reveal what that "competitive pay" is?
There are typically multiple steps in between "parents place an ad" and "parents hire nanny"--including time consuming in person interviews. Why waste everyone's time if the parents idea of "competitive pay" is $16/hr and the nanny's idea of competitive pay is $30/hr?

And most teachers want $45+?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Competitive pay” is a standard term for many job postings (all of those in my industry, for example, where mid-career pros make $150-200k). It also recognizes that the definition of “competitive” changes over time— as demand for pod teachers increases, prices will increase.

Do what you want with your time but I wouldn’t dismiss those posting “competitive pay” out of hand. Signed, someone who hasn’t hired a pod teacher but did hire a nanny with “competitive pay” four years ago (and have continued to pay competitive rates)

But why would you have to wait until "time of hire" to reveal what that "competitive pay" is?
There are typically multiple steps in between "parents place an ad" and "parents hire nanny"--including time consuming in person interviews. Why waste everyone's time if the parents idea of "competitive pay" is $16/hr and the nanny's idea of competitive pay is $30/hr?

You are allowed to bring it up whenever you want to. You can write a response to the ad saying “I am very interested in this position. My credentials are x. My usual pay is $xy.”
Then if parents don’t want to offer that, you don’t get beyond the first email.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never see salary posted for white collar listings. Maybe it happens for teachers but it isn’t common.

Ha! I always get nervous whenever I see a high salary listed. My immediate thought is:
a) they are lying and (this salary also includes a hiring bonus that is only paid once + a bonus that you may or may not get)
b) this job sucks. They are going to want me to move to the middle of nowhere, be on call 24/7, and work my tail off.

Maybe there are really great jobs out there that are just paying very well, but I miss them. I guess potential nannies feel this way about “competitive pay.”